Biopolítica, feminismo y Guerra Fría cultural: Costa Rica durante las décadas 1960-1970
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2024
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Ugalde Quesada, Alexia
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Este artículo explora, desde una perspectiva interseccional, la biopolítica que introdujo a Costa Rica en las dinámicas globales del control demográfico durante la Guerra Fría. Para iniciar, se presenta el rol de la propaganda estadounidense promoviendo la regulación de la fecundidad. En segundo lugar, se propone una periodización de la institucionalización del control de la natalidad en Costa Rica. Por último, se recupera parte del debate público en torno a la anticoncepción, la esterilización y el aborto. En general, se concluye que Costa Rica fue un laboratorio donde se experimentó con las alianzas público-privadas en aras de institucionalizar la planificación familiar. Además, la articulación de distintos sistemas de poder como el imperialismo, el clasismo y el sexismo generó una feminización del control de la natalidad, la cual impactó principalmente a las mujeres pobres y rurales de países “subdesarrollados”.
This article explores, from an intersectional perspective, the biopolitics that introduced Costa Rica into the global dynamics of population control during the Cold War. First, it presents the role of U.S. propaganda in promot ing fertility regulation. Secondly, a periodization of the institutionalization of birth control in Costa Rica is proposed. Finally, part of the public debate on contracep tion, sterilization and abortion is recovered. In general, it is concluded that Costa Rica was a laboratory where public-private partnerships were experimented with in order to institutionalize family planning. In addition, the articulation of different systems of power such as impe rialism, classism, and sexism generated a feminization of birth control, which impacted mainly poor and rural women in “underdeveloped” countries
This article explores, from an intersectional perspective, the biopolitics that introduced Costa Rica into the global dynamics of population control during the Cold War. First, it presents the role of U.S. propaganda in promot ing fertility regulation. Secondly, a periodization of the institutionalization of birth control in Costa Rica is proposed. Finally, part of the public debate on contracep tion, sterilization and abortion is recovered. In general, it is concluded that Costa Rica was a laboratory where public-private partnerships were experimented with in order to institutionalize family planning. In addition, the articulation of different systems of power such as impe rialism, classism, and sexism generated a feminization of birth control, which impacted mainly poor and rural women in “underdeveloped” countries
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GUERRA, HISTORIA, COSTA RICA, DEMOGRAFÍA, CULTURA, FEMINISMO, BIOPOLÍTICA